Wednesday, June 30, 2021

Hump Pipe Culvert (HPC)

By Bhushan Kapse

What is HPC structure?

·  It is an RCC structure, used to pass water from one side to other of road or canal structure.

·        The structure contains following parts

1.     Tank (upstream side)

2.     Pipe

3.     Wall ( downstream side)

 


1.     Tank (upstream side)

·  Tank is situated at the upstream side of structure which is used to collect water from height.

·  The structure of tank consists of four RCC wall, the walls must be battle wall.

 Battle wall acts as a retaining wall so that it  helps to oppose the forces which are exerted from water and soil.

· The height of wall is provided up to ground level.

·  Tank contains free space for water; this space should be 1ft. RCC structure form bottom embankment.

 

 

2.     Pipe

· Generally, 600mm to 900 mm diameter pipes are used.

·  The pipe are placed at the level of NBL ( NBL is  level of naturally flowing water)

·  Normally in India, 2.5 m pipe length is used.

·  According to the structure of HPC at road or canal, numbers of pipes are decided.

·  Pipes are fixed by using concrete, so that water can flow through pipe from upstream to downstream.

 

3.     Wall ( downstream side)

·  It is most common RCC structure which contains battle structure.

·  The top width of wall is 300mm and pipes re fixed at middle of wall.

·  For 1m height, 0.45 m battle is provided for the wall, so that load of water and pipes can be sustained.

 

 

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